JULY 15TH 2007
ON THIS DAY THERE WILL BE SOMETHING MISSING.......
A HUGE NUMBER OF LIVE365 INTERNET RADIO STATIONS
WILL BE GONE... FOREVER.........
JULY 15TH 2007 IS THE DAY THE EXTORTIONATE NEW ROYALTY RATES ARE DUE TO START BEING COLLECTED, CAUSING HEARTBREAK AND BANKRUPTCY TO MANY BROADCASTERS WHO HAVE PUT THEIR WHOLE HEART AND LIFE INTO THEIR STATIONS... THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO QUIT AS THE RATES ARE JUST TOO HIGH TO BE VIABLE. MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE PRO INTERNET STATIONS, (THESE BROADCASTERS ARE LIABLE FOR THEIR OWN DIRECT ROYALTY PAYMENTS, WHICH ARE NOW PER PERSON PER SONG) WILL BE GONE...... AND FACING MASSIVE BILLS DATING BACK TO JANUARY 2006! HOW CAN THAT BE LEGAL IN ANY COUNTRY???????
NO-ONE REALLY KNOWS WHETHER LIVE365 WILL STILL BE UP AND RUNNING AFTER JULY 15TH.... THEY AREN'T SAYING MUCH RIGHT NOW....TIME WILL TELL. IF THEY CAN SURVIVE THEY WILL HAVE TO PASS ON INCREASED COSTS TO THE REMAINING PERSONAL BROADCASTERS, SMALLER STATIONS LIKE THE WALL OF SOUND, TO MEET THE ROYALTY PAYMENTS - IT IS VERY POSSIBLE, IN FACT ALMOST CERTAIN THAT MOST STATIONS WILL ALSO BE FORCED TO LEAVE... THE COSTS ARE JUST TOO HIGH....... WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CRB WANTED OF COURSE.......
EVERYONE HAS FOUGHT HARD TO WIN THIS DISGUSTING BATTLE BUT IN THE END GREED WINS AND THE HEART AND SOUL OF INTERNET RADIO WILL BE GONE FOREVER......NOTHING WILL EVER BE ABLE TO REPLACE IT. THE LIVE365 BROADCASTERS LOVE THEIR MUSIC AND THEIR LISTENERS AND WHERE ELSE COULD YOU FIND SUCH A GREAT VARIETY OF STATIONS, SO MANY DIFFERENT GENRES?
ON MONDAY 16TH APRIL THE BAD NEWS CAME THAT THE REHEARING HAD BEEN REFUSED.... THEY'RE TOO SCARED TO FACE UP TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES SO INSTEAD THEY RUN AWAY AND REFUSE TO DISCUSS EVENTS...... THEY JUST WANT TO SEE THE END OF INTERNET RADIO WHICH RIGHT NOW IS SO VERY POPULAR AND AT IT'S HEIGHT......
MOST OF THE REMAINING BROADCASTERS AT LIVE365, INCLUDING THE WALL OF SOUND HAVE VOWED TO CONTINUE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO SHOW THESE MONEY GRABBING MORONS THAT INTERNET RADIO CAN AND WILL SURVIVE. THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO HAVE DETERMINATION AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO CONTINUE....BUT THE OUTLOOK IS NOT GOOD
THE SADDEST DAY WILL BE JULY 15TH WHEN WE SAY GOODBYE TO SO MANY GOOD FRIENDS... SOME HAVE ALREADY GONE AND IT'S VERY HARD TO TAKE.... THE LIVE365 COMMUNITY IS LIKE NOTHING ELSE I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED.. PEOPLE ARE SO HELPFUL AND REALLY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER....
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP & SUPPORT DURING THIS SAD AND TRYING TIME....
WE WILL STAY WITH YOU FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE - AS LONG AS YOU'RE THERE OF COURSE!
DAWN PETERS, THE WALL OF SOUND
